When Saudi Arabia unveiled tough austerity measures last month few areas of government spending were expected to be untouched. Two days after Riyadh announced the austerity measures, the defence wing of Boeing was awarded contracts worth $2.6bn to supply the kingdom with more than 1,000 surface-to-air and anti-ship missiles. Experts say while that was part of long-term agreements, the fact that it is proceeding is a sign that one of the world’s biggest arms importers is still spending on defence.

Many technology stocks have a reputation for resisting dividend payments. In fact, some new tech companies in this high-growth sector do not earn profits at all. Case in point, investors will likely find both high yields and dividend growth if they invest in AT&T (NYSE: T), International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM), and Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM).

* Benzinga has examined the prospects for many investor favorite stocks over the past week. * This week's bullish calls included semiconductor and casino stocks. * Cruise and electric vehicle stocks were among the bearish calls.The Dow Jones industrials ended last week more than 6% higher while the S&P 500 saw almost a 5% gain. That was due in part to a shockingly strong employment report for May and despite mounting unrest nationwide focused on racial inequities, police brutality and the federal response to protests. The Nasdaq lagged the other main indexes, up a little more than 3% for the week.As usual, Benzinga continues to examine the prospects for many of the stocks most popular with investors. Here are some of this past week's most bullish and bearish posts that are worth another look.Bulls Shopify Inc (NYSE: SHOP) has been among the best-performing stocks but remains a long-term winner, according to Elizabeth Balboa's "Why Shopify -- And Not Zoom -- Is The Stock To Chase Right Now.""Why BofA Recommends Buying GPU Plays AMD and Nvidia" by Shanthi Rexaline makes the case that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMD) stock is still attractive despite its recent run-up.In "'Long Lines And Packed Flights': Casino Stocks Rise Following Vegas Reopening," Wayne Duggan shares why MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) and others are accelerating their reopening plans.Priya Nigam's "Gilead Analyst: Coronavirus Drug, Arcus Collaboration Make Biopharma A Buy" suggests that consensus estimates for Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: GILD) appear overly conservative.For additional bullish calls, also have a look at "History Suggests Record 50-Day Stock Market Rally May Be Just The Beginning" and "Cramer Says The Latest Rotation Trend Is Driven By 'Ravenous Consumers.'" Bears One key analyst sees trouble ahead for Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA). So says "Tesla's China, Europe Performance Suggests Quarter Will Be One Of Automaker's Weakest, Says Gordon Johnson" by Shanthi Rexaline.Tanzeel Akhtar's "Morgan Stanley Deboards From Cruise Lines, Bearish On Carnival, Norwegian And Royal Caribbean" looks at why Norwegian Cruise Line (NYSE: NCLH) and its peers have a long slog to recovery."Ex-Whole Foods Exec Says Grocery Stores Need To Prepare For Next Disruption" by Jayson Derrick discusses why the likes of Kroger Co (NYSE: KR) likely are unprepared for further disruption of the national food chain.In Priya Nigam's "DocuSign's COVID-19 Quarantine Benefits Could Last Longer, But Not Enough To Move BofA From Sidelines," see why upbeat DocuSign Inc (NASDAQ: DOCU) results were not good enough.Be sure to check out "Pro Investor Says Market Isn't Pricing In China Risks" and "5 Reasons The Value Stock Rally May Run Out Of Steam" for additional bearish calls.At the time of this writing, the author had no position in the mentioned equities.Keep up with all the latest breaking news and trading ideas by following Benzinga on Twitter.See more from Benzinga * Barron's Picks And Pans: Cisco, Gilead, Netflix, Wayfair And More * Benzinga's Bulls And Bears Of The Week: Boeing, SmileDirectClub, Tesla And More * Benzinga's Bulls And Bears Of The Week: Ford, Gilead, Microsoft, Intel And More(C) 2020 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.

Slowly, Americans are migrating back to a very different world — offices designed to accommodate social distancing, staggered schedules, temperature checks, daily deep cleanings, contact tracing and potential testing.

Protesters are using a variety of technology tools to organize rallies, record police violence and communicate during the marches sweeping the U.S. and other countries following the death of George Floyd.

Cities in the U.S. and around the world are beginning to reopen after lockdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX) could play a pivotal role in keeping people safe as they head back to work and start resuming their regular day-to-day lives. On May 27, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave Quest emergency use authorization for its coronavirus test, which will make it possible for people to collect samples at home.

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) and its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, are no strangers to controversy. The company has run into trouble for allowing its site to be co-opted by Russian hackers to influence the 2016 election, for its role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal, and for abetting the genocide against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. As a sign of Facebook's massive of influence, Zuckerberg has been called to testify in front of Congress more than once on issues ranging from Russian infiltration of the platform to Facebook's influence on politics and the media to its Libra digital currency consortium.

Facebook has removed nearly 200 social media accounts linked to white supremacy groups that planned to encourage members to attend protests over police killings of black people — in some cases with weapons, company officials said late Friday.

Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) foray into subscription video has been relatively quiet since it launched Apple TV+ in November. Despite offering a free year of service to anyone that buys a new Apple device and pricing the service at just $4.99 per month for everyone else, the tech titan hasn't grabbed the attention of most consumers. Various media reports put Apple TV+ viewers somewhere between 10 million and 33 million.

Slack Technologies (NYSE: WORK) and New Relic (NYSE: NEWR) both offer services that simplify tasks for businesses. Slack's messaging and collaboration tools streamline communications between employees, and New Relic's cloud-based software tracks the performance of websites and apps. Slack benefits from the shift toward remote work, and the crisis highlights the importance of New Relic's analytics tools.

Apple is planning to launch a services bundle soon, according to a beta version of an upcoming iOS release. The beta version of Apple's iOS 13.5.5, which was released this week, contains references to a subscription bundle that didn't exist in prior versions, suggesting that a services bundle could launch alongside that version of iOS. Apple shares closed 2.85% on Friday at $331.50, a new record-high closing price.

If you followed the goings-on at Zoom Video Communications (NASDAQ: ZM) during the coronavirus crisis, it seemed that it was far from firing on all cylinders. The problem, according to detractors, is that the absurd rate of revenue growth is now more than priced in as Zoom's price-to-sales ratio (market cap divided by trailing-12-month revenue) is at a crazy 71.8.

With the Bureau of Labor Statistics reporting the median weekly earnings of full-time workers at $957 in the first quarter of 2020, the typical American would need to work more than two weeks just to get enough money to buy a single share. In fact, you can buy Amazon stock for $5 or less. You can do that thanks to fractional shares.

While the number of confirmed cases that causes COVID-19 and death tolls keep rising, a “shock” increase in jobs and drop in unemployment in the U.S. in May add to signs suggesting the worst of the pandemic is over as the easing of lockdown measures continues nationwide.

Fueled by increased demand for its notebooks from the current stay-at-home environment, tech giant Dell’s (DELL) Q1 earnings topped expectations, while video conferencing software like (ZM) and Cisco’s (CSCO) WebEx have also seen a dramatic increase due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, principal analyst of Futurum Research Daniel Newman joined Yahoo Finance to discuss what’s next for Dell and other tech companies as the nation starts to return to work following the pandemic.